Haven't seen anything online, even after googling. Wikipedia seems to only list the countries that support the practice, but offers no history.
Why is it that the maiden name is traditionally dropped ...

In regards to marrying into noble houses, if a noble man marries a noble woman from a different house, I would assume one of two things happens:
1. The woman takes the man's name and the two houses ...

Divorce has been legal in the UK for a long time (since Henry VII obviously). Ireland was part of the UK since 1800 (Act of Union of 1800), so I assume that civil divorce was legal in Ireland in the ...